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Level Access appoints chief customer experience officer
Arlington-based software company Level Access announced this week that it has appointed Andrew Snyder to be its chief customer experience officer.
AeroVironment completes $4.1B acqusition of BlueHalo
Arlington County-based defense contractor AeroVironment on Thursday announced that it had successfully completed its $4.1 billion acquisition of Arlington aerospace and defense tech firm BlueHalo.
New Arlington hub to boost defense, energy startups
Virtus Innovation Center in Arlington will support 30+ startups in defense and energy, connecting them to talent, capital, and federal customers.
VHC Health announces new foundation president
Amy Ellis Hauser will be the next president of the VHC Health Foundation and senior vice president of VHC Health, the Arlington County health system announced this week. VHC Health is a not-for-profit, 537-bed health system serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The new role is a return for Hauser, who previously held key positions […]
HNTB to move Arlington office in 2026
Kansas City, Missouri-based infrastructure and design firm HNTB will relocate its Arlington County office in 2026 to a more expansive space that will increase its footprint by 13,000 square feet. The company says the goal of the move from its current location at Shirlington Tower to 1812 North Moore, the tallest building in the county, is […]
Arlington entrepreneur prepares for Blue Origin space flight
Arlington entrepreneur and former NASA engineer Aisha Bowe will be a member of the first all-woman crew set to fly to the edge of space next week as passengers on a commercial rocket. Along with singer Katy Perry and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, Bowe is scheduled to take an 11-minute flight April 14 on […]
Plane’s wing tip hits another aircraft at Reagan National airport
ARLINGTON (AP) — The wing tip of an American Airlines plane struck another plane from the same airline on a taxiway of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington County on Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The wing tip of an aircraft heading to Charleston, South Carolina, struck a plane en route […]
CoStar shakes up board of directors
Arlington County-based real estate data and analytics company CoStar Group is making major changes to its board of directors and launching a committee to scrutinize its finances as part of an agreement it entered with New York hedge funds D. E. Shaw group and Third Point. As part of the terms of the agreement, which […]
AeroVironment stockholders approve $4B acquisition of BlueHalo
AeroVironment, an Arlington County-based defense contractor, announced Tuesday that its stockholders have approved the $4.1 billion purchase of Arlington aerospace and defense tech firm BlueHalo. The deal is expected to close in May. In November 2024, the company announced it was purchasing BlueHalo for approximately $4.1 billion in an all-stock transaction. BlueHalo is owned by […]
AeroVironment subsidiary to deliver uncrewed vehicles to German Armed Forces
Arlington County-based defense contractor AeroVironment announced last week that its subsidiary Telerob was awarded “a significant contract” to deliver 41 large-sized advanced uncrewed ground vehicles to the German Federal Armed Forces, with initial deliveries scheduled for this summer and additional orders extending through 2027. AeroVironment declined to reveal the amount of the contract, ci[...]
Health care systems are in their building era
At some medical centers around Virginia, construction workers donning hard hats are nearly as prevalent this year as medical staff wearing scrubs. From smaller-scale renovations to new hospitals with billion-dollar price tags, health care systems are undertaking a wide range of projects to respond to growing (and aging) populations and expand services at hospital campuses, […]
Take a look inside George Mason’s high-tech science and engineering labs
In a third-floor lab at George Mason University’s new, $107 million Life Sciences and Engineering Building in Manassas, students will dissect and study the effects of decomposition on human remains. A few floors away, their peers may dangle from harnesses while wearing sensors to research gaits while others test fly an autonomous blimp in a […]
